Buggy-top adjuster.



No; 703,505. Patented July I, I902.

.J. a, VLIET.

BUGGY TOP ADJUSTER.

(Application filed May 2, 1902.)

(No Model.)

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JOSHUA B. VLIET, OF DETROIT,MIOHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO CHARLES M. ROEHM, OF. DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

BUGGY-TOP ADJUSTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 703,505, dated July 1, 1902.

serial No. 105,601. (No model.

To all whont it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSHUA B.VLIET, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, county of Wayne, State of Michigan, have invented a certain new and usefullmprovement in Buggy-Top Adjusters; and I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which forma part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in buggy-top adjusters, and is designed for.

breaking the joint and lowering the top from the inside.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view showing the adjuster attached to a buggy-top. Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of the adjuster, and Fig. 3 is a view showing the bearing-plates separated to disclose the cone-shaped enlarge ment of the prop-iron.

The object of my invention is to providea top-adjuster adapted for breaking the joints in lowering the top from the inside, the con-' struction being such that the prop-iron will pass to one side of the bow, the iron being supported in a bearing secured'to one side of the bow, but provided with suflicient bearingsurfaces to properly support the iron.

Referring to the letters of reference shown in the drawings, A is the buggy-top, and B and B are the jointed brace-rods for supporting the top.

0 is the prop-iron proper, having an extension formed with an enlarged bearing-surface 0, preferably cone-shaped, housed withinthe separable bearing-plates D and D.

O is an operating-lever engaged orformed' integral with the prop-iron G. The bearingplates D and D have an interiorly+opposing surface conforming to the enlarged bearingsurface on the pr0p-ir0n, and the bearingplate D has an offset flange d on one side to engage the bow. This-flange is recessed on the outer side to permit a similar flange on the bearing-plate D to lie within the recess and be flush with the surface of the flange d. It is of course apparent that the enlarged bearing on the prop-iron need not be necessarily cone-shaped; but I prefer to give it this shape, as the bearing-surface is greatly increased without increasing the width of the bearing.

E is the usual prop-nut to secure the parts 'againstndisengagement.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. In a buggy-top adjuster, a prop-iron pro vided with an enlarged bearing-surface, separable bearing-plates adapted to embrace the same, said bearing-plates provided with engaging flanges formed on one side of the bear-' ing and adapted to rest one within the other, the construction being such that the plates forming the bearing may be engaged to one side of the bow, substantially as described.

2. In a buggy-top adjuster, a prop-iron provided with an enlarged bearing-surface, separable bearing-plates adapted to embrace the same, each provided with engaging flanges formed on one side of the bearing-plates, the construction being such that the flanges of the bearing-plates are adapted to be engaged to one side of the bow, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of two Witnesses. v I JOSHUA B. VLIET. W'itnesses I S. E. THOMAS,- HENRY E. VILL Ror. 

